I bought a Windrose 18 well used. It has a furling jibsheet but I'm not sure I trust the UV protection in southern California sun. I'm think of making or have made a sailcover for the furled jib for further sun protection. Any comments or suggestion would be appreciated.
Sailcover for furled jib?
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Do you have colored fabric strips 5" or 6" wide sewn onto the foot and leech of your sail? When tightly rolled up and furled, is that color pretty well unbroken all the way up your sail? If so, then you have UV protectant Sunbrella material sewn on, and it will protect your sail.
If you don't have this, and you have a spare jib halyard, then you should definitely consider buying a jib sock.
If you have a CDI or other furler that has a foil that runs up the forestay, and the sail is attached to this foil (plastic or aluminum, doesn't matter) then the furling system probably has its own halyard to hoist the jib up the foil, and you have an unused jib halyard.
If you have a wire luff furler, such that the sail winds around its own luff, with no foil, then it's quite likely that your jib halyard is holding everything up with a swivel at the top to allow the sail to furl. In this case, one hopes for an unused spinnaker halyard to use to hoist the jib sock up the furled sail. Or one adds a halyard for the sock.
The sock itself is a sleeve with a zipper down the whole length, which allows you to zipper over the furled jib at the same time the sock is hoisted with the halyard.
Does any of this make sense and help?
If you don't have this, and you have a spare jib halyard, then you should definitely consider buying a jib sock.
If you have a CDI or other furler that has a foil that runs up the forestay, and the sail is attached to this foil (plastic or aluminum, doesn't matter) then the furling system probably has its own halyard to hoist the jib up the foil, and you have an unused jib halyard.
If you have a wire luff furler, such that the sail winds around its own luff, with no foil, then it's quite likely that your jib halyard is holding everything up with a swivel at the top to allow the sail to furl. In this case, one hopes for an unused spinnaker halyard to use to hoist the jib sock up the furled sail. Or one adds a halyard for the sock.
The sock itself is a sleeve with a zipper down the whole length, which allows you to zipper over the furled jib at the same time the sock is hoisted with the halyard.
Does any of this make sense and help?
The paperwork on my stock sails claimed that the jib luff had a UV protective coat. If it was there, it did not preform well.
My new jib has the Sunbrella cover on the jib, like just about every other furling jib out there.
My neighbor has a jib sock like Brian described. He has no problems hoisting it at the end of a day.
My new jib has the Sunbrella cover on the jib, like just about every other furling jib out there.
My neighbor has a jib sock like Brian described. He has no problems hoisting it at the end of a day.
Why don't you just replace the existing UV panels with new material? Or remove the sail when the boat is idle... The sock will work, but the make a lot of flapping noise when it gets windy. So, depending on where you store the boat, this may be an issue. Sailrite has a kit if you want to DIY.
My Macgregor 26S had no UV protection on the roller furling sail and used a jib sock to protect the furled sail, also not a bad idea on a trailerd boat. The sock that came with it was getting a bit rough when I got it and when the zipper decided to come apart like shelled corn I bought a new one from the store here.
One thing I do with the Mcregor is to twist the sock around the sail once it it pulled up that keeps it from flogging in the wind.
One thing I do with the Mcregor is to twist the sock around the sail once it it pulled up that keeps it from flogging in the wind.
Our local canvas guy puts extra cords on the outside, zig zagging back and forth through D rings. Pull tight, and they reduce flapping from excess material, as well as reduce harmonic oscillations from wind going around, similar to the twisted wire going up your whip style car antenna, or those spiral fins on a smokestack...
Jib Sock
Thanks for all the excellent feedback. I've decided to buy a sock. Any suggestions on where to shop? About 20 feet I think.
Get A Sock Here...
http://shop.hunterowners.com/prod.php?54185
...contact the folks here. That's where I got mine. You'll need to measure. but they will make one up for any boat.
http://shop.hunterowners.com/prod.php?54185